you know where they are in the big gulp they're doing passing ok you know i remember. when. cold so you would think the boys can only watch monica stop and say mrs sora are having a football training session with 60 go and girls only. school classmates in gambia in west africa and it's a challenge in many ways in this album on this ng you have to keep a good eye on the ball so much that they don't disappear sneered sydney that can happen pretty fast that's the bell of a comment we need. to get. you out to be able to get the loan.

you. football is not just from the german has been starting her whole life to make sure that that's true 1st because home country and then all over the world now or in gambia here like everywhere the boys are reluctant to give up the pitch when they usually play. out you won't hear full playing so go on please. go should realize that they can do what the boys can to. find us and so this was very much that's what we hope to do is we want to give the girls that feeling that they can score goals they can feel proud of and i think the boys already learned that when they're young they have these successes and feelings early on when they get praise and positive feedback you can tell the children are laughing and simply happy that increases their self-awareness and self-confidence and that's something everyone needs to get through life even superior i want you to

get out quickly. yeah we had 9 balls before another only 2 for. what the laws are where all the other more. you can see it's impossible to train and keep track of your balls at the same time but that's africa football for girls was taboo here for a long time. played for gambia at the under 17 world cup in 2012 and scored one of their 2 goals merely qualifying for the world cup was a huge achievement for the small country i don't know how i went to how it was if you don't. stop playing football it was about to start the process. we have babies because we have corny now we stand so now we want to walk and this i think used and i'm going to sit down front these are long term pleasure because you have a lot to learn when it comes to music. with the schoolchildren monica wants to lay the groundwork for the development of women's football. with

a great. cumbia a small strip on the atlantic coast surrounded by neighboring senegal is africa's smallest country it's hard to around $2000000.00 inhabitants and is a young democracy until recently gambia was under a dictatorship plagued by human rights violations it's a country in a state of social change want to stop has already spent time in 80 different countries now she wants to spend 2 years here helping the country's development. near a development aid worker or however you want to call it. but try to have the feeling in the end that i did everything i could to tickling feeling. strong as it's possible. in this building sits the gambia for you said the ration nothing like the powerful german football association. germany's ministry of foreign

affairs and the german lympics sports confederation. have offered the gambian federation help and sent their most experienced help monica stop in germany she was the most successful women's football coach of the time. 4 championships 5 german cup wins the 1st european championship for a german team she left her mark on the players and the sport. she helped women's football looked down upon rarely taken seriously become socially accepted. 11 years ago she decided she'd had enough with being president and coach at frankfurt the dominant german women's team in the ninety's she began a 2nd career as a development aid worker for women's football around the world. mostly in countries where women's rights are not a high priority she fights for gender equality not only in football but in life.

as a national coach in arabic countries like bahrain qatar her job was about sporting success but also giving the young women this self-confidence to have fun playing football despite all the obstacles. jordan could you start all the cook islands in 2014 she was honored as the german football ambassador of the air. with long term projects in 29 countries she has made quite an impact now she's on to gambia. was the president oh. i'm meeting with the president of the gambia football federation. it's about a project to bring football to girls in the elementary school curriculum.

and it's. events in that woman's world development and the passion. she has the disease and drive. the move north foster done it most all of much younger but we cannot be going to meet her speed and i think that's what we need because we are far behind i mean really in need it's summer and i thought maybe it would too who would develop you want to stop is 60 years old seine sora is 24 the next 2 years the 2 women are a team same evil integrity and ditto football career early for the past year she's been working as the coordinator of women's football in gambia. samy is still young but she wants to learn. in 2 years with me c. definitely will learn a lot to know it's fun to lead the fight for the time being it's just a battle you can't win the whole war demeans the nation. the preparation time for

the next training their colleagues found an electric pool pump but how it works remains a mystery. to be better to leave it to the spats. you're working here and they're just standing there and watching a typical division of labor perhaps it's a question of bringing. forward the ball not there we go you know this is the training field for the 1st division women's team abu car united one of the stop is leading the training today saying the sorra say. it's for my team. today the squad meets hug new partner. they know what monica stop is doing for women's football in that country.

was not like someone you. think he. was. god. god god. god i. want to stop what's nonstop next toss public relations in a television interview with paradise t.v. a nationwide channel in gambia. in the 30 minute talk show the women can tell the public about their project and gain some attention. it's the 1st step. and. move. on to the next step at

a school in back in july until now only the boys have been playing football here that is supposed to change. monica has to convince the school director and teachers who will finance the project someone who i get the ball rolling. in most places in gambia social change doesn't happen overnight. i try to lead the 1st sparks but they have to keep the fire burning i can't do it all i can change my own but i can show them the way and give them some tips. big. preparation for a 3 day seminar a group of elementary school teachers want to find out more about women's football . ok samy and monica put on the event with funds from the german ministry of

foreign affairs and olympic sports confederation. we learned a lot in germany about women football and fighting for women's football so now i'm outside germany and i want to give all my knowledge to everybody who wants to listen once i want to put all the stakeholders in one table football association school education ministry use in sports. i'm sure talk more later thank you. you. know before. you know wage that i was not allowed to play and journalists say. made it in the protocol of the searches of. a yes no women.

born 60 years ago indeed some back monica star was the youngest of 3 sisters her father was a biker and a huge football fan who'd been hopeful for a son still his youngest daughter picked up his favorite sport. football was always there my father was always watching football and i think he really wished he had a son after the 3rd attempt they quit trying so i somehow ended up being raised like a boy i used to fight with the boys in kindergarten i remember a story a mother once came to my house and complained to my mom that i beat up her boy and ripped his pants my mother said well she must have had her reasons all the boys respect me you know. for me. girls teams didn't exist that's why the 11 year old monica just played with a grown up when she was self-assertive talented and hard working on the pitch.

is age 11 i wasn't really aware of what women's football really meant because that came later when i was 13 maybe when we played a pre-match with often bar one in front of 30000 spectators. and then all of a sudden the stupid comments came traded jerseys can i take a shower with you and i thought what's their problem. roles didn't apply in her family but society was still far behind them i didn't even but i'm happy to introduce me. and miss monica star you both told me to introduce you as women not to girls now i must ask you must both be under 20 right we would it's one of those i'm a team and why is it important to you that you are called women. being blunt. it's not that important to me. since my these 2 are the most competent important players on the teams it's

a fault for the german ladies all women's championship today i'm i supposed to say ladies a women's championship. the association decided it's called ladies championship i like that in the background we have a couple of pictures that have to do with the amounts of patient of women in sport . it was definitely a long and rocky road for the pioneering work we did over the years we had to constantly battle to prove ourselves i think we won in the end in 2003 the 1st world cup we won was at 7 o'clock on a sunday evening against sweden 15000000 people were watching. the battle continues in a different country the role of women in gambia is similar to that in germany in the seventy's. as a girl or woman to play football is far from the norm teachers have to learn to play the sport so they can vent teach their female pupils. i'm.

not using the ball. not happy we want to make them think what they're doing and we want to make them shut up shop means they're always ready. it's true. and to be found out. she was. yeah and it's one of them to them she is and she's very energetic. one you know easy now they. have no time or place for boredom. or to. do something. football can be a lot of work but still be fun the monocle method. the

1st day of the seminar he's a success. at home with. monica get along very well they share the same outlook on a lot of things family is well off in comparison to many they own their house thanks to samy's late father saini and her sisters were not raised with traditional gender roles they were raised to be independent. he wanted to play football and was allowed to unlike many other girls in gambia. ya you know it's late because you have seen that. i know no one will want me.

but i always say this what if i had not met most of the things he was held to do is have you have the passion i feel women and men can understand because if you look at it because of your status if you feel women go to university men go to diversity if you look at them. at doing it. just now so i don't see any difference to men playing. so if they want to eventually date so i don't see any difference. the following day many important discussions are lined up. first thing in the morning a meeting at the city hall in bang via skype and so with the newly elected mayor. in her monica stop and say nice or hope to win over an important supporter it

proves to be. the 3 women share the opinion more must be done for gender equality and women's football. and then next appointment is with the minister for youth and sport they have to convince decisive influential figures about their project for bringing girls football into the schools when i stop and say mrs surratt that element i think you don't want. to talk about. let me get on. the minister sais he will support very endeavor but he's spoken approval is far from enough. there's a lot of talk what really happens in the end and what we're able to put into place is unclear i don't know really a come. our goal but i will work towards it. started evie a channel which is only viewable on social media the next interview about the

project. lead to every activity that we can do to help us gain the public's awareness is a must dismiss for toward. the end of a. book. that is. going to be. oh she's. a working day for monica stop these often 18 hours long. this next visit has been promised for a long time. to children to gays orphanage have been looking forward to seeing monica i'm sorry any. girls of all

ages live here. back to guy runs a clinic which is funded by donations. she's a midwife and here she houses 60 children. a strong woman's place for women. then you need a kid 111. if you keep one class and then you have a kid one room when you get the mission or is that. in some cities it's the orphans all girls to took them all in here. she takes such good care of them makes sure they have enough to eat so that they go to school and tries to be like a foster mom. says are you. training

with samy and monica is the highlight of their week. part of. the. world. class. and on it goes. the independent stadium can be as largest arena a performance by the police marching band in anticipation of the men's football super cup final but 1st the women get to play. the league champions versus the winners of the cup. i

must say. the eventful moniker stop and say nice is already but not many fans have showed up yet. come in 4th and i'm sorry more people will still come to see the men play but also get to see a bit of the women's game that's great and that's good advertisement for the women that will get. the stadium holds 40000 spectators and about 100 have come to see the women's game. monica has seen it all but for the women's german cup final in 2002 took place preceding the men's game to a similarly empty stadium. she was coach of an important generation of female players to get pins. for coosa. german cup wins in a rugby team but they had to fight hard to win society's respect. i hear they are on the right track. the standard of the game is improving.

this match sees red school peons up against them terria. the players definitely don't hold back. no one can accuse the women of playing squeamishly or treading too lightly. i the hard for match ends to no 4 and terry on the team of the police. is easy. to get. in the end the prominent role models present the trophy in this giant stadium. another step forward for the women's game in gambia and on a date you say experience so many precious and moving things here that i hardly get homesick. at least it's not that bad socially move.

the next day is the final day of the seminar for the elementary school teachers. but now with that let me ready to do some work. that i d.j. sets the mood for the concluding tournament between the peoples of the adults have a chance to put everything they learned to use. 84 goes from the school take part. in the while the teachers plan the sequence of events and organize the games monica can relax and have some fun. she organized the t. shirts the balls and the equipment. the teachers have to execute the rest. if everything works they can organize it again at their own schools and get the

girls playing football. in. the hope that. this is what monica wants to accomplish it works even without the girls have fun playing football and the teachers learn that this game is not only for the boys.

even doubt it. you know that's what you know now to the kids because i think it's important that you give your education again to the next generation i love and i'm not anybody i don't i would be in. my life. but i don't know what i'm going to do a deal before my. first school success the next step is to put the school program into place monica continues to fight there's still plenty to do. i guess you could call it an adventure but i think of it more like tackling a challenge. of course i'm trying to accomplish something i think that's just my nature and i just and it's what i've done so far in my life is here mostly with success. when i start something i like to see it through until the very end my since then he's under fire have been easy.

to. grab a paddle and off you go. in the cold cruel excessive venturous journey along germany's line i'm feeling really fighting about what awaits me on this trip the river the landscape adding a challenge in allentown or along the way i have 25 kilometers ahead of me run by look all the way to a town called home. a

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